Pupil outcome: I can write a section about Mary Seacole in a non-chronological report. Key learning points: - A complex sentence is a sentence formed of a simple sentence joined with subordination. - Subordination means joining a simple...

Pupil outcome: I can think from characters’ perspectives and ask characters questions. Key learning points: - A character's facial expressions and actions help infer how they feel, such as when Lulu is told she can have a cat - Asking...

Pupil outcome: I can practise simple and compound sentence test questions. Key learning points: - A simple sentence has one main clause. - There are four types of simple sentence: statement, question, command and exclamation. - A...

Pupil outcome: I can plan a setting description based on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’. Key learning points: - The setting description describes where the narrative takes place. - Adverbial detail describes when, where or how things...

Pupil outcome: I can plan the opening of a narrative based on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’. Key learning points: - The purpose of the opening is to engage the reader and introduce characters and plot. - Using a range of linguistic devices...

Pupil outcome: I can plan and write the introduction of an information text about an author. Key learning points: - The purpose of the introduction is to engage the reader, introduce the author and provide general information. - An...

Pupil outcome: I can use a plan to write the closing of a diary entry based on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’. Key learning points: - The closing is the final paragraph of a piece of writing. - Writers need to shift between past, present and...

Pupil outcome: I can write about what I want to be when I grow up. Key learning points: - Writing about what someone will be when they grow up means writing in the future, using phrases such as 'I want to...' - Rehearsing a sentence out...

Pupil outcome: I can write a sentence about people who help me. Key learning points: - A sentence is one idea that makes complete sense - A space must be left in between each word so someone can read our writing - Sounding out a word...

Pupil outcome: I can describe my own skills and personality in a sentence. Key learning points: - An adjective describes a noun, including ourselves, such as "I am helpful." - Adjectives are describing words - A person's character traits...

Pupil outcome: I can identify the subject and object in main clauses. Key learning points: - Any clause is a group of words that contains a verb. - Given that any clause contains a verb, it must contain an agent that does or is the verb....

Pupil outcome: I can recognise and punctuate a fronted adverbial of time, place or manner. Key learning points: - A fronted adverbial is a sentence starter that is followed by a comma. - A fronted adverbial can be a single word. - A...

Pupil outcome: I can write the second paragraph of the build-up of 'The Iron Man'. Key learning points: - In part two of the build-up, humanity responds angrily to the Iron Man by trapping and burying him. - There is a contrast between...

Pupil outcome: I can write the first part of a build-up of a narrative based on ‘The BFG’. Key learning points: - The purpose of the build-up is to build tension and suspense. - Saying sentences aloud before they are written helps to...

Pupil outcome: I can write the opening of a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle. Key learning points: - The purpose of the introduction is to give general information to the reader. - The introduction outlines what the...

Pupil outcome: I can write an article about Mormor’s death that includes a variety of sentence types for different effects. Key learning points: - Writing with focus – one sentence at a time – allows you to carefully craft each sentence....

Pupil outcome: I can use simple and compound sentences to describe dystopian settings. Key learning points: - Effective descriptions include some short sentences and some longer ones - A simple sentence has one subject and one verb - A...

Pupil outcome: I can use declarative, interrogative and exclamatory sentences in my dystopian descriptions. Key learning points: - Declarative sentences convey facts, explanations or information - Exclamatory sentences express strong...

Pupil outcome: I can understand how non-verbal features contribute to the effective presentation of a speech. Key learning points: - Paralanguage is important: the pitch, tempo, loudness or tone of voice that is used in speeches can...

Pupil outcome: I can write the second paragraph of a diary entry. Key learning points: - Diary entries use informal language that reflect the character who is writing. - Writers switch between the present, past and future tenses in diary...

Pupil outcome: I can understand the reasons that the different characters write a letter in ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by exploring their emotions. Key learning points: - The crayons in ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ use letters to explain...

Pupil outcome: I can recall and practise how to write a technically accurate description. Key learning points: - Effective revision means that you can remember key information, without using your notes - Recalling examples of each of the...

Pupil outcome: I can use the comma for a range of purposes in four different sentence structures. Key learning points: - A comma is written before 'but' or 'or' co-ordinating conjunctions in a compound sentence. - If the adverbial clause...

Pupil outcome: I can join two ideas together when describing Jack. Key learning points: - Adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality, such as 'small, sneaky Jack' - When using two adjectives, a comma is...